DIY Name Art

To follow the whole "make your own, make it personalized" gift giving idea this year. I knew I needed to find something that was simple yet cute. I ended up with scarves for all the women in my family which were really cute and simple. But men and couple gifts were a little harder. The week before Christmas I found this website with a link to the letters and numbers to make my own name art!!!

http://fullofgreatideas.blogspot.com/2010/10/absolute-favorite-thing-i-have-made.html

Perfect!!! I love this idea!!! So simple and easy to make!!  I started off just thinking of my siblings but since it was so easy the list grew and grew and grew. I had family friends, co-workers, neighbors, all the teachers at my daughter's daycare and my friends.

Here is the link to the letters:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/collections/72157594587080023/

I chose to go to Walmart and Hobby Lobby for simple black front loading frames for the ones for my family. I chose the dollar store acrylic frames for everyone at work and at Sophia's daycare.

Here is the what the file looked liked and I just printed them out on 11X17 paper and 8.5X11 paper at home and at Kinko's.  I created them in MS Word and then saved that file as a JPEG so that I can re-size it to the frame.

These simple dollar store frames were perfect for co-workers and the daycare teachers. So cheap they can re-frame them to their taste or keep it in here since its so simple.

I used our paper cutter we bought at Office Depot and cut them to size.

So many teachers....

and more...such a small gesture for all the great work they do for my daughter and all the other kids!!

I bought some Avery Shipping Labels that I previously used to organize my craft supplies and created these cute little labels. 

Since I was DIY'ing these labels, I went ahead and personalized them with each person's name for that extra touch.

I chose to wrap these in simple glitter tissue paper. Simple and fast. 

These are framed for family members and friends. 

They were a big hit at school and at work. I definitely recommend you try it!!

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